Van Gaal says the Manchester United are ‘on schedule’ in The Champions League

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said that his team are on schedule in The Champions League after a pretty stale draw on Wednesday night.

Good performances count for nothing if you lose so Manchester United can take heart from the fact that they took what could turn out to be an invaluable point from a freezing Moscow after a very uninspiring performance.

But the speed of play simply isn’t fast enough right now for Manchester United and Van Gaal alluded to this as well as implying that he was satisfied with the result.

“We are very strong at home and I hope we can win these games so we are nearly qualified or qualified,” he said.

“You look at the United team, there is no quality, no movement. People are not running.”

It’s all a far cry from the bewitching teams of Sir Alex Ferguson’s glorious era in charge of the club and you do feel that Manchester United will have to improve their performances levels considerably if they want to take all three points in the derby against an in form Manchester City on Sunday.